Cabinet Member for Housing and Homelessness
Councillor Nicky Brennan
The Cabinet Member has accountability for:
- Council housing management services: Oversight and direction of estate management services and best use of housing stock (across all housing providers).
- Repairs and maintenance programmes.
- Housing Development: To review the supply of housing and tenure based on an analysis of housing need.
- Housing Options: Housing Options – assessing housing need, options for vulnerable adults, children and young people and offenders.
- Temporary accommodation provision.
- A coherent strategy to address homelessness, including short-term engagement, education and enforcement with rough sleeping.
- Tenant engagement in social housing: Tenant engagement in the management and development of social housing and Housing Liaison Boards.
- Registered Social Landlords: Liaison with the Birmingham Social Housing Partnership on neighbourhood management initiatives and the housing growth agenda.
- Private Rented Sector: Licensing and regulation.
- Private Tenancy Unit activities.
- Strategic Leadership of the response to Exempt Accommodation: Strategic Leadership of the response to Exempt Accommodation.
Page last updated: 21 May 2025
